Magnesium Citrate Brand Name– Citroma What is Magnesium Citrate Magnesium citrate is a hyperosmotic saline laxative given orally as a bowel preparation prior to intestinal surgery/procedures or for intermittent relief of constipation. Magnesium citrate acts by osmotically drawing water into the intestinal lumen; the intestine then responds to the increase in volume with increased peristalsis …
Magaldrate Brand Name– Lowsium | Ron-Acid What is Magaldrate Magaldrate (hydromagnesium aluminate) is an oral antacid. Magaldrate is a chemical entity of magnesium and aluminum oxides and sulfate; it is not just a physical mixture. The suspension is composed of smaller particles, which provide a larger surface area and a more rapid and effective dissolution in …
Mafenide Brand Name– Sulfamylon What is Mafenide Mafenide is a topically administered synthetic sulfonamide antibiotic indicated as an adjunctive therapy to prevent bacterial infections in second- and third-degree burns. The mechanism of action is unknown and its bacterial susceptibility pattern differs from other sulfonamides. It displays bacteriostatic activity against many gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria, including Pseudomonas …
Macitentan Brand Name– Opsumit What is Macitentan Macitentan is an oral endothelin receptor antagonist indicated for the treatment of adults with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH, WHO Group I) to delay disease progression. During clinical trials, treatment with macitentan resulted in delayed progression of PAH (decline in exercise ability, worsening symptoms, or need for additional PAH …
Macimorelin Brand Name– Macrilen What is Macimorelin Macimorelin is an oral growth hormone secretagogue receptor agonist indicated for the diagnosis of growth hormone deficiency in adults. The safety and diagnostic performance of macimorelin has not been established in obese patients (BMI more than 40 kg/m2). Patients must fast for at least 8 hours and any …
Lyme Disease Vaccine Brand Name– LYMErix What is Lyme Disease Vaccine NOTE: This drug is discontinued in the US. LYMErix® is the world’s first human vaccine to be approved for prevention of Lyme disease, an infection that is transmitted to humans through bites from the tick vectors Ixodes scapularis and I. pacificus. In 1997 in the US, approximately …
Lutropin alfa Brand Name– Luveris What is Lutropin alfa Lutropin alfa is recombinant human luteinizing hormone (r-hLH), synthesized using a Chinese hamster ovary cell line. Lutropin alfa is indicated for the stimulation of follicular development in infertile hypogonadotropic hypogonadal women with profound LH deficiency (LH < 1.2 IU/L), a relatively rare condition. Lutropin alfa should …